Curated Video
Exploring the Elements and History of Music
Explore the various elements of music, such as pitch, harmony, rhythm, tempo, and timbre, and how they come together to create music. We also discuss the different ways music is made and played around the world, from using our voices and...
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PBS
Are Holograms Nostalgia or a New Form of Art?
You might have heard about the debut of Hologram Tupac at the music festival Coachella earlier this year. But with Queen's recent announcement of a Hologram Freddie Mercury and TLC's plans for a Hologram Lisa Left Eye Lopes, it looks...
PBS
Is Dubstep the New Musical Avant-Garde?
While some people may hear noise, some hear amazing musical genius in the creativity of Dubstep. There is a long history of avant garde musicians and thinkers promoting the concept of noise and non-instrumental sounds as music, much to...
TED Talks
TED: A musical escape into a world of light and color | Kaki King
A genre unto herself, Kaki King fuses the ancient tradition of working with one's hands with digital technology, projection-mapping imagery onto her guitar in her groundbreaking multimedia work "The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body." using...
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Art, Music and Other Visible Things: OAE@Whitechapel Gallery
In collaboration with Community Music, Music Technology students have been given the opportunity to work with OAE players to create a soundscape to accompany The Bloomberg Commission: Giuseppe Penone: Spazio di Luce. Bringing together...
Curated Video
Helicopter String Quartet Performance at Salzburg's Hangar 7: A Unique Blend of Music, Aviation, and Charity
Hangar 7 in Salzburg is not just an aircraft collection, but a unique blend of the arts and science. With its stunning steel and glass construction, it houses the Flying Bulls Collection of historic planes and serves as an art gallery...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Head Health Challenge III: Semifinalists Selected
On December 15, 2015, the NFL, Under Armour, GE, & NIST announced the semifinalists for Head Health Challenge III, an open innovation competition to develop advanced materials for use in a wide variety of impact absorbing gear.
NASA
Exploring Asteroid Bennu Through Technology
It’s hard to imagine what the surface of a dark, distant asteroid might look like, but NASA’s “Tour of Asteroid Bennu” brings us on a journey to see this landscape up close. The video, which was released in October 2020, uses elevation...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Julie Lindsay - Teachers Make a Difference - Vic Connor
Julie is a global collaboration consultant, innovator, teacherpreneur and author. She has a 30+ years career in K-12 schools and higher education. She worked in international schools for fifteen years across Asia, Africa and the Middle...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The physics of playing guitar - Oscar Fernando Perez
Guitar masters like Jimi Hendrix are capable of bending the physics of waves to their wills, plucking melody from inspiration and vibration. But how do wood, metal, and plastic translate into rhythm, melody, and music? Oscar Fernando...
TED Talks
TED: Insightful human portraits made from data | R. Luke DuBois
Artist R. Luke DuBois makes unique portraits of presidents, cities, himself and even Britney Spears using data and personality. In this talk, he shares nine projects -- from maps of the country built using information taken from millions...
TED Talks
Es Devlin: Mind-blowing stage sculptures that fuse music and technology
It starts with a sketch. Then it evolves into a larger-than-life visual masterpiece, a celebration of human connection. Follow along as legendary artist and designer Es Devlin takes us on a visual tour of her work -- including iconic...
Curated Video
Musical composition: the future
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Creators
Afropunk Style, Hyperflesh Masks, and a Deep Web Dive | Culture Beat Episode 2
In this episode of Culture Beat, The Creators Project's bi-weekly roundup of the most exciting, outlandish, and mind-expanding art, we spend the day at music festival Afropunk in Brooklyn, highlighting the unique style of festival goers...
Curated Video
Musical instruments with valves (1/2)
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Southbank Centre
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem | MUSIC - learning about composition and performance
To commemorate 100 years since World War One in Nov 2014, Southbank Centre staged a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem featuring hundreds of young performers. UNCOVERING CLASSICS: Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. More...
Creators
Canine Video Art , Human/Puppet Theater, and Gritty Johannesburg | Culture Beat Episode 6
First up, we visit LA-based canine groomer Jess Rona, who's turned her work into a social media video art sensation. Then, we see how theater group Phantom Limb combines human and puppet actors to surreal effect for their newest play,...
Creators
Brain-Melting Machines, 3D Animation, and Underwater Art | Culture Beat Episode 1
Culture Beat is our bi-weekly roundup of the most exciting, outlandish, and mind-expanding cultural happenings and projects that we can get our hands on. In this first episode, we visit "Detroitus" sculptor Ryan Doyle at his LA show...
Creators
Geological Sports, the GoatMan, and South African Photo-Therapy | Culture Beat Episode 4
First, we head to sculptor and filmmaker Daniel Arsham's first solo show in NYC, which also breaks with his exclusive use of monochromatic black and white: Though Arsham is colorblind, we'll see how the color blue played a prominent role...
Creators
Burning Man, A Brazilian Homage to Hip Hop & Big Data Roses | Culture Beat Episode 3
We head to the Black Rock, Nevada campsite home of the legendary Burning Man festival and check out the incredible art structures built throughout the grounds. Then, we visit with Brazilian twin duo OSGEMEOS, showing us their colorful...
Creators
Art World: A New Wave of Iraqi Cinema
In the first episode of Art World, The Creators Project explores Baghdad's burgeoning independent film scene, meeting two of its leading directors, Mohamed Al-Daradji (Son of Babylon) and Yahya Al Allaq (War Canister). Iraqi cinema was...
Creators
Cyborg Performance Art
The Creators Project visits the Konvent, a monastery-turned-avant-garde art space in Spain, to meet two artist cyborgs. Moon Ribas and Neil Harbisson have received electronic implants that heighten their perception, allowing Neil to hear...
The Met
Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
A preview of the exhibition Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from May 5 through August 14, 2016. Featuring Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge, The Costume Institute The Costume Institute's...